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Psalms 124:5 King James Version (KJV)

5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.


Psalms 124:5 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

5 Then H233 the proud H2121 waters H4325 had gone over H5674 our soul. H5315


Psalms 124:5 American Standard (ASV)

5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.


Psalms 124:5 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

5 Then passed over our soul had the proud waters.


Psalms 124:5 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.


Psalms 124:5 World English Bible (WEB)

5 Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.


Psalms 124:5 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

5 Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.

Cross Reference

Psalms 93:3-4 KJV

The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

Commentary on Psalms 124 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


PSALM 124

Ps 124:1-8. The writer, for the Church, praises God for past, and expresses trust for future, deliverance from foes.

1, 2. on our side—for us (Ps 56:9).

now—or, "oh! let Israel"

2. rose … against, &c.—(Ps 3:1; 56:11).

3. Then—that is, the time of our danger.

quick—literally, "living" (Nu 16:32, 33), description of ferocity.

4, 5. (Compare Ps 18:4, 16).

5. The epithet proud added to waters denotes insolent enemies.

6, 7. The figure is changed to that of a rapacious wild beast (Ps 3:7), and then of a fowler (Ps 91:3), and complete escape is denoted by breaking the net.

8. (Compare Ps 121:2).

name—in the usual sense (Ps 5:11; 20:1). He thus places over against the great danger the omnipotent God, and drowns, as it were in an anthem, the wickedness of the whole world and of hell, just as a great fire consumes a little drop of water [Luther].